Validating string length in Model property in ASP.NET MVC

How to validate a model field value for a particular string length?

To validate for a string length in Model property, we use StringLength attribute.

/Models/PersonalDetail.cs

using System; 
using System.Collections.
Generic; using System.Linq; 
using System.Web; 
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;  
namespace WebApplication1.Models
 {  
   public class PersonalDetail   
  {
         [Key]       
     [DatabaseGenerated(System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema.DatabaseGeneratedOpt ion.Identity)]     
         public int AutoId { get; set; }  

        [StringLength(20, MinimumLength = 4, ErrorMessage = "Must be at least 4 characters long.")] 
        public string FirstName { get; set; }  

        [Required(ErrorMessage = "Please write your LastName")]          
        public string LastName { get; set; }  
     
        public int Age { get; set; }  

        [Display(Name = "Is Active?")]         
        public bool Active { get; set; }   
  }
 }  

Notice the FirstName property that has been decorated with StringLength attribute that accepts few parameter. In this case, the parameters are

1. First parameter - the maximum string length accepted
2. Second parameter - the minimum string lenght required
3. Third parameter - the error message to show to the user in case any of above two parameters are not valid.

The output is shown like this to the visitor